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「桐鳳凰（きりにほうわう）」
Phoenix and Paulownia (Kiri ni hôô)
「桐鳳凰（きりにほうわう）」
Japanese
Edo period
early 1730s
Medium/Technique
Woodblock print (urushi-e); ink on paper, with hand-applied color and nikawa
Dimensions
Hosoban; 31.3 x 14.9 cm (12 5/16 x 5 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston—Worcester Art Museum exchange, made possible through the Special Korean Pottery Fund, Museum purchase with funds donated by contribution, and Smithsonian Institution—Chinese Expedition, 1923–24
Accession Number54.355
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Paine, Oriental Art NS, v. IX, no. 1 (1963), fig. 26
DescriptionTwo sheets of incomplete triptych: 54.354 (right), 54.355 (left).
Signed
Eshi Nishimura Magosaburô
絵師西村孫三郎
絵師西村孫三郎
Provenance1954, by exchange from Worcester Art Museum to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 8, 1954)